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Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Aquarius |
Right ascension | 20h 59m 54.826s[1] |
Declination | −13° 03′ 05.87″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.60[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | A3/4 IV[3] |
B−V color index | 0.177±0.007[4] |
Astrometry | |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −31.787 mas/yr[1] Dec.: −6.566 mas/yr[1] |
Parallax (π) | 10.9478 ± 0.1472 mas[1] |
Distance | 298 ± 4 ly (91 ± 1 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 1.91[4] |
Details | |
Mass | 1.9[5] M☉ |
Radius | 2.27[5] R☉ |
Luminosity | 19[5] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.06[6] cgs |
Temperature | 8,008[5] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.11[6] dex |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
8 Aquarii (abbreviated 8 Aqr) is a blue-white sub-giant of the spectral class A4IV in the constellation Aquarius. 8 Aquarii is the Flamsteed designation. It is approximately 298 light-years away from Earth, based on parallax.[1] It is approximately 1.7 solar masses and about 3 times hotter than the Sun and thus allows lines of ionized metals with an abundance of metals.[citation needed]